v11_0476 - CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 42.69 €
Estimate : 68.60 €
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Starting price : 42.69 €
Estimate : 68.60 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,73 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Emission: 26e
Coments on the condition:
Patine vert olive profond. Beau portrait
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constance II césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : "Flavius Julius Constantius Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Flavien Jules Constance très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS// GSIS.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, casqués et vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste et s'appuyant sur un bouclier ; au milieu, une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l'armée).
Historical background
CONSTANTIUS II
(8/11/324-3/11/361)
Caesar
Constantius II was born on August 7, 318 in Sirmium. He was raised to the cesarat on November 8, 324 at the age of six. In 337, after the death of his father, it was he who murdered or allowed most of his collateral family, descendants of Constantius Chlorus and Theodora. Only Constance Galle and Julien escape the massacre.
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